Stammered

Examples

• Miss Summerson, stammered Mr. Guppy, I--I--beg your pardon, but in our profession--we--we--find it necessary to be explicit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am very sorry, your Wash-up,' stammered Grummer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We--we were only cooling ourselves,' stammered Bumble, looking apprehensively about him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At last I stammered, I think I never met you till that night, some weeks agowhen you were hurt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Archer stammered, his brain whirling with the shock of the announcement. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I stammered something about the pleasure I felt in seeing her again, and about my having looked forward to it, for a long, long time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Ay, reverend valorous sir, stammered poor Isaac, and whatsoever ransom a poor man may pay for her deliverance--- Peace! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I am bearer of a letter, stammered out the Jew, so please your reverend valour, to that good knight, from Prior Aymer of the Abbey of Jorvaulx. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She made a strong attempt to compose herself, and stammered that he was as punctual as ever. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Yes, my dear,' stammered the father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Oh, thanks, she stammered; and at that moment her eye caught a hansom drifting down Madison Avenue, and she hailed it with a desperate gesture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Yes, sir,' stammered the boy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yet he stammered: 'I'm not angry with you. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Your Wash-up,' stammered Grummer, 'I-' 'Oh, you are confused, are you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I don't like to say, I stammered. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I had been looking round,--in fact, for Estella,--and I stammered that I hoped she was well. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I stammered yes, that was it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He coloured, and stammered out an unintelligible reply. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• All I want is to listen to you, he stammered. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Once more, I stammered with difficulty that I had no objection. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, What do you mean? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Go away from here----he stammered, and turning his back on her walked toward the hearth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The lady was out, sir, he suddenly heard a waiter's voice at his elbow; and he stammered: Out? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• When pressed upon the point, Dobbin, who could not tell lies, blushed and stammered a good deal and finally confessed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The fat boy looked hopelessly in the face of everybody at table, and stammered out that he didn't know. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I am sorry,' stammered Oliver, confused by the strange man's wild look. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Not quite, stammered Amy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You--you--can't prove anything against me,' stammered Monks. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It--it's not actionable, he stammered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She has stammered a sort of apology:-- I only left the drawing-room a minute for a little quiet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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